Lethal threshold : the evolutionary implications of Middle Pleistocene wooden spears

This thesis provides empirical data pertaining to the use of the earliest weapons in the archaeological record, which are a collection of plain wooden spears dating to the Middle Pleistocene. These weapons have been variously interpreted as objects for scavenging, hunting and self-defence. It is imp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milks, Annemieke Giselle
Published: University College London (University of London) 2018
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.747508